Article 7(Scope of objects subject to consent to building permission) #
(1) For the purpose of permission for, or consultation on, the new construction, extension, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, change of use, or substantial repair, of buildings, etc. or approval for the use of a building pursuant to Article 6 (1) of the Act (including approval under Article 15 of the Housing Act, pre-use inspection under Article 49 of that Act, approval under Article 4 of the School Facilities Projects Promotion Act, and approval for use under Article 13 of that Act; hereinafter referred to as "building permission, etc."), the scope of buildings, etc. which require prior consent from the head of a fire headquarters or chief of a fire station shall be as follows: <Amended on Dec. 31, 2024; Nov. 25, 2025>
1. A building or facility with total floor area (referring to the area calculated pursuant to Article 119 (1) 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act; hereinafter the same shall apply) of at least 400 square meters; provided, any of the following buildings or facilities shall be buildings or facilities meeting the standards prescribed in the relevant items or higher standards:
(a) A school facility the construction, etc. of which is intended pursuant to Article 5-2 (1) of the School Facilities Projects Promotion Act: 100 square meters;
(b) A facility for senior citizens and children among specific objects of fire service in Appendix 2 and training facilities: 200 square meters;
(c) A mental medical institution defined in subparagraph 5 of Article 3 of the Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients (excluding a psychiatric hospital without patients’ rooms; hereinafter referred to as "mental medical institution"): 300 square meters;
(d) A medical rehabilitation facility for persons with disabilities under Article 58 (1) 4 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as "medical rehabilitation facility"): 300 square meters;
2. A building with basements or windowless floors, the floor area of which is or more than 150 square meters (100 square meters in the case of a performance hall);
3. Buildings or parking facilities with floors used as garages, parking lots, or for parking purposes;
3-2. Facilities that allow vehicles to be parked using parking facilities such as elevators operated by mechanical devices;
4. A building with at least six floors (referring to the number of floors calculated pursuant to Article 119 (1) 9 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act; hereinafter the same shall apply);
5. An aircraft hangar, observation tower, aircraft control tower, and transmission and reception tower;
6. Multi-family housing, clinics (limited to ones with inpatient rooms or hemodialysis units), midwifery clinic, post-natal care center, lodging facilities, and storage and treatment facility for hazardous substances, wind power generator, electric power storage facility, and underground structure from among the specific objects of fire service set forth in Appendix 2;
7. Any of the following facilities among facilities for senior citizens and children not falling under subparagraph 1 (b); provided, facilities to be installed in detached houses or multi-family housing specified in Appendix 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act among facilities specified in items (a) (ii) and (b) through (f) shall be excluded herefrom:
(a) Any of the following facilities, among facilities related to senior citizens under subparagraph 9 (a) of Appendix 2:
(i) Residential welfare facilities for senior citizens under subparagraph 1 of Article 31 of the Welfare of Senior Citizens Act, medical welfare facilities for senior citizens under subparagraph 2 of that Article and commuting-system welfare facilities for senior citizens at home under subparagraph 4 of that Article;
(ii) Shelters for elder abuse victims under subparagraph 7 of Article 31 of the Welfare of Senior Citizens Act;
(b) Child welfare facilities (excluding child counsel centers, exclusive facilities for children, and regional centers for children) under Article 52 of the Child Welfare Act;
(c) Residential homes for persons with disabilities under Article 58 (1) 1 of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;
(d) Facilities related to mentally ill persons (excluding rehabilitative training facilities except communal homes under Article 27 (1) 2 of the Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients and facilities that do not provide dwelling for 24 hours among general facilities under subparagraph 3 of Article 16 of the Enforcement Decree of that Act);
(e) Facilities for rehabilitation of homeless persons, facilities for rehabilitation of homeless persons, and sanatoriums for homeless persons among facilities related to homeless persons under subparagraph 9 (e) of Appendix 2.
(f) Facilities for senior citizens and children where tuberculosis patients or Hansen live 24 hours a day;
8. A long-term care hospital under Article 3 (2) 3 (d) of the Medical Service Act (hereinafter referred to as "long-term care hospital"); provided, medical rehabilitation facilities shall be excluded;
9. Storage and handling of special combustible materials of at least 750 times the quantity specified in Appendix 2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Fire Prevention and Safety Control, which are factories or warehouse facilities, among the specific objects of fire service specified in Appendix 2;
10. A gas facility referred to in subparagraph 17 (b) of Appendix 2, the total storage capacity of a tank exposed to the ground is at least 100 tons.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any of the following specific objects of fire service shall be excluded from buildings subject to building permission, etc. by the head of a fire headquarters or chief of a fire station:
1. Where fire extinguishing apparatus, automatic firefighting devices, electronic leakage alarms, single alarm sensors, gas leakage alarms, and evacuation and rescue equipment (excluding emergency lighting, etc.) installed in specific objects of fire service under Appendix 4 meet the fire safety standards, the relevant objects of fire service;
2. A specific object of fire service where no additional firefighting systems are installed in the relevant specific object of fire service due to the extension of a building or change of use;
3. Specific objects of fire service in cases not subject to reporting on the commencement of firefighting system installation prescribed in Article 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Firefighting System Installation Business Act.
(3) Where an administrative agency with authority to grant building permission, etc. intends to obtain consent under Article 6 (1) of the Act, it shall request the head of a fire headquarters or the chief of a fire station having jurisdiction over the location of the relevant building, etc. to grant consent, along with the documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. In such cases, where documents to be attached are insufficient, the head of the fire headquarters or the chief of the fire station requested to give consent, may request the supplementation of such documents.
(4) "Matters prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as the establishment of a passage to which fire engines are accessible" in Article 6 (5) 4 of the Act means the following matters:
1. Establishment of a passage to which fire engines are accessible;
2. Installation of elevators under Article 64 of the Building Act and Article 15 of the Regulations on Standards for Housing Construction;.
3. Installation of roads within housing complexes under Article 26 of the Regulations on Standards for Housing Construction;
4. Installation of a rooftop plaza under Article 40 (2) of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act, an automatic emergency door opener and closer under paragraph (3) of that Article, or a heliport under paragraph (4) of that Article;
5. Other matters deemed necessary by the head of a fire headquarters or chief of a fire station for firefighting activities and evacuation.